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| 370485 | 2005-07-08 10:05:00 | Double click on My Computer, then right click on the drive you want scanned, then go to Properties, then select to Tools tab Click on error checking Thanks Mythix,senior moment there,done that b4 but had forgotten. Re doing a rebuild,quite happy to do my own,but not on someone elses. I will get it fairly clean b4 sp2ing.Thank again people. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 370486 | 2005-07-08 11:03:00 | It should install fine on most machines without P4 Prescott CPU's and also most systems with Prescotts. DO NOT update the BIOS if you haven't got a Prescott CPU unless the board is already having BIOS related problems. Even if you have a Prescott check the board manufacturers site and compare your existing BIOS revision with those listed on the site. If the site says your revision supports Prescott, then SP2 will install fine, no need for an update. If not then it's up to you whether you think risking a dead motherboard with a bad flash is worth installing SP2. Personally I don't. The additions SP2 makes to your system can easily be "made up through free 3rd party apps etc. Its' mostly security related. The Prescott problem is in basic terms a L1/L2 cache issue so if you do install SP2 and the machine refuses to boot afterwards all is not lost. Simply disable the L1 & L2 cache in the BIOS (if your BIOS will let you, I'd check that out before I started) boot to safe mode & uninstall SP2 in Add/Remove programs. It'll be slow as a schoolboy but it'll get there eventually (couple of hours) Boot to normal mode and make sure all is normal, then make the decision re- leaving as is or risking the BIOS update. Note that some boards may not have a BIOS update available so you'll be stuck. The first Prescotts came out about June 2004 so if your PC is earlier than that you'll be fine |
bartsdadhomer (80) | ||
| 370487 | 2005-07-08 11:32:00 | The data available is via Belarc. All it says re main circuit board is PCComany board,no mention of prescott. So a bit vauge there. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 370488 | 2005-07-08 13:24:00 | Just a question, so if your looking at upgrading to a prescott cpu then you could have problems? What if you already have sp2 installed? and want to upgrade to a prescott cpu. Is it best to do a fresh install of xp. | Sleepy (7202) | ||
| 370489 | 2005-07-08 14:54:00 | I have to agree, I fail to see the point of a BIOS upgrade. Having never done one myself, yet still installed XP SP2 on countless PCs! |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 370490 | 2005-07-08 20:47:00 | Thank you sneezy,not sure where the idea that I wanted to go to a presscott came from,all I want to do is SP2 friends machine. | Cicero (40) | ||
| 370491 | 2005-07-08 21:19:00 | BIOS updates are scary... :horrified :badpc: | Prescott (11) | ||
| 370492 | 2005-07-09 19:31:00 | The other problem with some PC Company machines is that they used to flash the bios with an identifier/utility that only let their Recovery CD's be used if that identifier was present. A subsequent BIOS flash may erase this identifier. |
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